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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, College—The Ghost of False Hope.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what capacity does Mel serve in his high school?
(a) Student body president.
(b) Captain of the football team.
(c) Captain of the basketball team.
(d) President of the Honor Society.

2. How does Mel describe himself in high school?
(a) Tall, dark haired, and clumsy.
(b) Short, blond, and gifted.
(c) Short, dark haired, and gifted.
(d) Tall, blond, and gifted.

3. What does Mel have to restrain when at camps?
(a) His unspoken questions about religion.
(b) His desire to be physically close to other boys.
(c) His outspoken hatred towards the church.
(d) His desire to be with a girl just to prove his normalcy.

4. What is one reason that Mel finds for which Sodom was not destroyed?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) Homosexual acts of its citizens.
(c) Bigotry.
(d) A volcano.

5. What does Mel pretend when he is younger?
(a) He is sickly.
(b) He is incompetent.
(c) He likes girls.
(d) He is adopted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mel regret about his time during the civil rights era?

2. How does Mel feel when Lyla asks him to dance?

3. Who is Noni?

4. What does Mel not know the origins of?

5. What does Mel say his murdered friend preferred to risk rather than share his feelings?

(see the answer key)

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